This article was originally published on March 26 at 5 a.m. EDT by THE CITY
After 15 years, volunteers at a Bed Stuy farm found themselves locked out of the green space that has fed thousands over the years, and lately became a temporary home for asylum seekers. The property owner told them he doesn’t want “any headaches” — and now, the gardeners are hoping the city will move to make it an official, protected community space.
“We were really unaware that the situation had changed until Wednesday, when he showed up quite upset,” Spike Appel, a longtime volunteer of Bushwick City Farm, said of the property owner, Faramarz Roshodesh. “He grabbed our lock and threw it in his car.”…